Cursor Locator for Multi-Monitor Systems

1. A method for visually indicating a location of a cursor displayed on one of a plurality of monitors to a user of a computer system, the method comprising: receiving specified user input from said user; and in response to receiving the specified user input, providing a visual indication to said user, apart from the cursor itself, of the actual cursor location concurrently on at least two of the monitors, wherein the visual indication provided to said user includes a first visual indication of the cursor location on one of the at least two of the monitors that does not display the cursor, and a second visual indication of the cursor location on another one of the at least two of the monitors.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second visual indication is provided on the monitor displaying the cursor.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising removing the visual indication of the cursor location on each of the monitors in response to receiving additional user input.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising removing the visual indication of the cursor location on each of the monitors in response to detecting that the received specified user input has been removed.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising removing the visual indication of the cursor location after a predetermined time period.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the received specified user input comprises a first sequence of one or more keystrokes and the method further comprises removing the visual indication of the cursor location on each of the monitors in response to detecting a second sequence of one or more keystrokes.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein providing a visual indication of the actual cursor location concurrently on at least two of the monitors comprises providing an animated sequence.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein providing the animated sequence comprises displaying a graphical image successively on the at least two monitors and moving the graphical image in a direction toward the cursor location.

9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising modifying the visual indication to track movement of the cursor.

10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising providing a graphical user interface (GUI) screen allowing a user to specify a threshold speed of mouse movements, wherein the specified user input comprises movements of the mouse at a speed greater than the threshold speed.

11. The method of claim 1 , further comprising modifying the visual indication in response to cursor movement, including moving the visual indication on at least one of the monitors to a new location.

12. A method for visually indicating an actual location of a cursor displayed on a monitor to a user, the method comprising: detecting mouse movements generated by said user; and in response to the detecting of the mouse movements, providing a visual indication to said user, apart from the cursor itself, of the actual cursor location on the monitor, wherein the monitor is one of a plurality of monitors, and wherein providing a visual indication of the cursor location on the one monitor comprises providing a visual indication, not including the cursor itself, of the cursor location on at least one monitor not displaying the cursor.

13. The method of claim 12 , comprising providing the visual indication for a predetermined amount of time after detecting the mouse movements have stopped and subsequently removing the visual indication.

14. The method of claim 12 , comprising providing a graphical user interface (GUI) screen allowing a user to vary a detectable speed of the mouse movements, the variable speed establishing a threshold for minimum mouse movement speed to initiate the visual indication of the cursor location.

15. The method of claim 12 , comprising providing a graphical user interface (GUI) screen allowing a user to select a detectable mouse movement from a plurality of types of mouse movements to initiate the visible indication of the cursor location.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the GUI further allows the user to specify a type of mouse movement other than the plural of types of mouse movements to initiate the visible indication of the cursor location.

17. The method of claim 12 , further comprising modifying the visual indication in response to cursor movement, including moving the visual indication on at least one of the monitors to a new location.

18. A computer-readable medium containing a program for visually indicating a location of a cursor on one of a plurality of monitors which, when executed by a processor, performs operations comprising: detecting specified user input; and in response to detecting the specified user input, providing a visual indication, apart from the cursor itself, that points to the cursor location on at least two of the plurality of monitors, wherein the visual indication includes a first visual indication of the cursor location on one of the at least two of the monitors that does not display the cursor, and a second visual indication of the cursor location on another one of the at least two of the monitors.

19. The computer-readable medium of claim 18 , wherein the operations further comprise providing a graphical user interface (GUI) allowing a user to specify at least one type of user input as the specified user input.

20. The computer-readable medium of claim 19 , wherein the at least one type of user input comprises at least one of a mouse movement or keyboard input.

21. The computer readable medium of claim 20 , wherein the GUI further allows the user to specify a type of the visual indication.

22. The computer readable medium of claim 20 , wherein the GUI allows the user to specify an animated type of visual indication.

23. The system of claim 19 , wherein the GUI allows a user to specify a threshold speed of mouse movements, wherein the specified user input comprises movements of the mouse at a speed greater than the threshold speed.

24. A system comprising: a processor; and a storage medium containing a program which, when executed by the processor, performs operations for visually indicating a location of a cursor on one of a plurality of monitors, the operations comprising detecting specified user input from a mouse and providing a visual indication, apart from the cursor itself, on at least two of the monitors, that points to a location of the cursor in response to detecting the specified user input, wherein the visual indication occurs when the user input comprises rapid movement of the mouse by the user.

25. The system of claim 24 , wherein: the system further comprises a graphical processing unit (GPU) coupled with the processor; and providing the visual indication of the location of the cursor comprises configuring the GPU to directly generate the visual indication of the location of the cursor.

26. The system of claim 24 , wherein the operations further comprise removing the visual indication of the cursor location after a predetermined period of time.

27. The system of claim 24 , wherein the operations further comprise removing the visual indication of the cursor location in response to detecting additional user input.

28. The system of claim 24 , wherein the operations further comprise modifying the visual indication to track cursor movement, including moving the visual indication on the monitors where the visual indication appears to track a change in the location of the cursor.

29. The system of claim 24 , wherein providing a visual indication of the location of the cursor comprises providing a visual indication of the cursor on each of the plurality of monitors including the monitor on which the cursor is located.

30. The system of claim 29 , wherein providing a visual indication of the cursor location on each of the plurality of monitors comprises: providing a first visual indication of the cursor location on one or more monitors not displaying the cursor; and providing a second visual indication on the monitor displaying the cursor.

31. The system of claim 24 , wherein the specified user input comprises a first sequence of one or more keystrokes and the operations further comprise removing the visual indication of the cursor location in response to detecting a second sequence of one or more keystrokes.

32. The system of claim 24 , wherein providing a visual indication of the cursor location on at least two of the plurality of monitors comprises providing an animated sequence.

33. The system of claim 32 , wherein providing the animated sequence comprises displaying graphical images on the at least two monitors and moving the graphical images in a direction of the cursor location.